Waldwick High School Principal's Blog

Dear Parents and Athletes, I hope you had a great Spring and end to the school year. We are excited to get back to a normal Summer Recess Period for our High School athletic program. The NJSIAA is allowing normal Summer workouts to begin next week. Here is the plan for the Summer Recess Period at WHS: Summer Workouts (voluntary) for all teams may begin on Monday June 21st Prior to participating in workouts, athletes must hand in a Summer Health History Update Form to the nurses office. This will be handed in just one time. Coach will conduct daily temperature checks prior to the workout to screen each athlete participating. (a reading of 100.4 or higher means the athlete cannot workout) Athletes will bring their own water bottle to the workout. There are no mandatory workouts. All scheduled workouts will be voluntary. Mandatory practices do not begin for the Fall season until August 9th for Football and August 16th for all other sports. The Summer Recharging Period will be in eff...

  WALDWICK HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS CAR PARADE - June 18, at 1:00 pm WarriorNation let’s come out to support the class of 2021 on Friday, June 18 at 1:00pm. Let’s line the streets of Waldwick and celebrate this great group of students! The caravan will leave Waldwick Borough Park at 1:00 pm, proceed north on Hopper Ave, then south on Franklin Turnpike, then west on Wyckoff Ave, and will end at the Waldwick High School.

WarriorNation Show how strong and united we are as warriors! This past year has been tough for all of us, but there is always someone less fortunate than us - so let’s work to change that. Participate in the Warrior Strong campaign by donating, buying a sign, hat etc. and 100% proceeds will be benefiting the Center for Food Action to fight hunger and help struggling families near you. We are Warrior Strong together! " Place your order using the link: Warrior Strong Sign Store

Mental Health Program for High School and Middle School Parents Staff from WHS and WMS have been working in conjunction with two local organizations on developing Mental Health Workshops and resources for the Waldwick community.  The two organizations are: People Are There (PAT) and The Nick Negron Mental Health Foundation. Both groups are filled with Waldwick alumni trying to bring light to the struggles related to Mental Health and the resources that are available.  Four unique evening parent programs have been set up to help parents support their child with mental health as they transition through life.  We have created a short survey for parents to complete to help us finalize the agenda for the evenings.  Parent Survey  All meetings will be held via Zoom and links will be sent out on Tuesday, June 1.  6TH AND 7TH GRADE PARENTS - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 @ 7 PM 8TH GRADE PARENTS - THURSDAY, JUNE 3 @ 7 PM 9TH, 10TH, AND 11TH GRADE PARENTS - MONDA...

  Link to the live stream for Thursday nights performance of: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Show starts at 6pm  Admission to the show is only for families members of the cast and crew with limited seating.  Tickets have already been handed out for each of the 3 performances. 

Final details on the full day schedule starting Monday, May 3rd. Blog post from last week - WHS Schedule for the Reminder of the School Year    Schedule for the Week of May 3rd Monthly Calendars May 2021 June, 2021 Daily Bell Schedule Lunch Time  Seniors and Juniors are allowed to leave the campus for lunch. Sophomores and Freshmen will be eating on campus.  No lunch will be served by WHS, students must bring their own.  Masks will only be off when students are eating.  We are still following the Student Handbook when it comes leaving school early or at lunch time.  LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY All students regardless of age, who request to leave school before the end of the day must present a signed note by the parent/guardian to the Attendance Secretary before the start of Block 1. This includes students 17 and under wishing to attend school sponsored events during school hours. The note must include the date, the requested dismissal time and a paren...

Dear Parents and Guardians; As you know from Dr. Casarico’s most recent email, which was sent out the week before the break, Waldwick High School will be implementing the next step in our Return to School Plan. This new component to our program will take effect on Monday, May 3, 2021. Please know that in developing this new schedule, we have adhered to our goal of safely providing more in-person learning to our students. This new schedule achieves that goal. *Next week I will be holding grade level meetings to review all of this with the students.    The details of the plan are the following: Students will remain in their current cohorts and follow the same schedule of days in the building that we have been following. Pride - Monday and Tuesday Spirit - Thursday and Friday *Pride and Spirit will still be switching every week on Wednesday's. We will run the same structure to our schedule that we have been running throughout this school year; however, there are ...